Dec 01, 2011 - Sale 2263

Sale 2263 - Lot 13

Unsold
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
"ONE OF THE RAREST OF WORKS RELATING TO NEW ENGLAND"--SABIN (AMERICAN INDIANS.) [Hopkins], Samuel. Historical Memoirs, Relating to the Housatunnuk Indians. Small 4to, later cloth, spine sunned, minor wear; lacking bottom 40% of title page and a corner of the following leaf, foxing on exterior leaves, bound with an incomplete 19th-century edition of Memoirs of Mrs. Harriet Newell; later owner's signature on front free endpaper. [Boston: S. Kneeland, 1753]
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first edition. "One of the foundation pieces in the relations between the whites and the Indians in the 18th century"--Streeter sale II:679. "A carefully prepared account of the mission work among the Stockbridge and Housatonic Indians"--Church 986. Quite collectible even with defects; both the Streeter and Church copies were lacking entire leaves. Evans 7023; Howes H632 ("b"); Sabin 32945.